Poultry roosting and dropping-board combination.



F. A. COOK.

POULTRY BOOSTING AND DROPPING BOARD COMBINATION.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31. l9l6.

1,217,278. Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

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FRED A. COOK, OF LONGVIEW, ILLINOIS.

POULTRY BOOSTING. AND DROPPING-BOARD COMBINATION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 191?.

Application filed March 31, 1916. Serial No. 88,159.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. COOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Longview, in the county of Ghampaign and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Poultry Boosting and Dropping-Board Combination, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to poultry roosts and dropping boards in which the board, set at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees, forms a slide on which the droppings roll to a retaining vessel, designed to retain the same until removed, thus keeping the floor in a sanitary condition. Provision is made for light construction with metal roosts, metal dropping board and retaining vessel in order that the combination be fire proof and easily cleaned of all vermin or lice by fire or insect killing fluids. The roosting poles are made of metal pipe threaded at both ends on which are screwed caps making dead air chambers in the same to exclude vermin and keep the roosts warm. The roosts may be kept warmer by covering the same with a coat of glue and wrapping them one or more times with asbestos felt, or a fire proof material.

I attain these objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire invention; Fig. 2 is detailed drawing of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a view of the cover or door as it is detached from the bottom of the retaining vessel. When this cover is attached it is fastened by two bolts and wing nuts 2 to the angle iron frame of the retaining vessel.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The roosting poles or roosts A attached to the angle irons B forming beams, the dropping board G of an angle iron frame with 'a sheet iron surface riveted thereto and the retaining vessel I form the principal parts of this device. The roosts A are of metal pipe and are held in position by being attached to the angle iron beam B by a bolt at 0 making a rigid frame which frame is supported by two wall brackets C connected by a bolt 8 at O, the top forming a hinge and rests upon two wall brackets J at the bottom.

The dropping board G is made of sheet 1IOI1S bound bythe angle irons H and is supported by four hooks F which catch 1n holes in the angle irons or supporting beams B.

The retaining vessel I is made of galvanized iron or similar metal bound by the angle irons N and held in position by iron hooks P to the dropping board G and angle 1I'OI1S B. Near one end of the retaining vessel an opening is cut in the bottom thereof, 3, which is covered by a strip of metal as shown by Fig. 8 which strip may be taken off and the droppings removed through such opening, The brackets C and J are attached to the wall by bolts or other means and the lower one has a raised shoulder Q to hold the frame B in a more rigid position. The frame is attached to the upper brackets E by a bolt 8 and rests upon the lower brackets to facilitate cleaning the dropping board.

I am aware that prior to my invention sloping roosts and dropping boards have been in general use and I do not claim such combination broadly; but

I claim:

1. The combination, in roosts and dropping boards of pipe roosts covered with asbestos building felt, with caps at the ends, attached to a metal frame to which is attached the dropping board and a metallic dropping retaining vessel, with an opening at the bottom thereof for the removal of droppings, the combination held in place by two brackets at the top and resting upon two brackets at the bottom of such frame.

2. A combined poultry roost and dropping board consisting of roosting poles, angle iron beams supporting them, brackets supporting the beams, a dropping board and retaining vessel attached to the beams, the roosting poles being composed of metal pipes capped at both ends by metal caps making a dead air chamber therein and wrapped with asbestos felt, two of the brackets supporting the beams at the bottom.

3. In a combination of poultry roost and iron beams and the beams fastened to dropping board With retaining Vessel atbrackets attached to any Wall, post or fixtaohed thereto, having beams of angle irons ture.

to support the roosting poles and caps on FRED A. COOK. 5 each end of said roosting poles to form a Witnesses:

dead air chamber therein, said roosting GEORGE H. C0011,

poles fastened substantially to the angle JAMEs I. HARPER.

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